Art, Alienation, and the Humanities(English, Hardcover, Reitz Charles)

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Art, Alienation, and the Humanities(English, Hardcover, Reitz Charles) is written by Reitz Charles and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0791444619 (ISBN 10) and 9780791444610 (ISBN 13).

Illustrates how Marcuse's theory sheds new light on current debates in both education and society involving issues of multiculturalism, postmodernism, civic education, the "culture wars," critical thinking, and critical literacy. Winner of the 2002 American Educational Studies Association's Critics' Choice Award By examining the aesthetic, social, and educational philosophy of Herbert Marcuse, the author documents and demonstrates the structure and movement of Marcuse's thought on art, alienation, and the humanities. Reitz's work stresses the centrality of Marcuse's argument that the arts and humanities may act as disalienating educational forces.